ACADEMIC
QUALIFICATIONS:
1997 Appointed
Affiliate Professor to the Landegg International University, Switzerland
1989 Master of
Fine Arts, Painting Thesis: Metaphor Interpreted,
University of Saskatchewan.
1977 Bachelor
of Education, Major in Art Education and Media, University of Saskatchewan
1977
Professional "A" Teaching Certificate, Province of Saskachewan.
1967 Bachelor
of Arts, Type "E" (Fine Arts), Major in Sculpture,
University of Saskatchewan.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE:
1990-03 Keyano
College; Art fundamentals-Art 231, Drawing-Art 240,
Electronic Media- Art 291/292, Painting- Art 312/313, Sculpture- Art
360/361.
1999 Landegg
International University, Switzerland; Painting
1990-94
National Art School of Greenland; Spring sessions (4), Guest
artist/teacher in painting.
1989-90
University of Saskatchewan; Art lll.6, Art 211.6, (Painting & related
work). Art 114.6, Cll (Sculpture & related work)
1987-89
University of Saskatchewan; Art 111.6, Art 211.6, Art 311.6, (Painting
& related work) for the University of Saskatchewan, Extension
Department.
1986-87 Norman
Mackenzie Gallery outreach program, Artists with their work.
1972-74
Workshop leader for Talens C.A.C.Ltd.. Provided workshops for teachers and
art groups across Canada
1969 Ed. Cur
S340 summer session, U.of S. Saskatoon, Sask.
PAPERS and
PRESENTATIONS:
2002
“Nearness Drawing Closer” presentation to the plenarary session ABS
Conference Civilization
1999 Keynote
address to the Converging Realities Conference, Landegg International
University, Switzerland
1996 “The
Fashioner” The Transformative Power of the Arts - The University of
Saskatchewan
1996 “The
Fashioner” to the Arts Section of the 20th Annual Conference of the
Association For Baha’i Studies – Edmonton Convention Centre
1993 “The
Fashioner” Aarhus Kunst Akademi, Aarhus, Denmark.
1993
“About Art and Soul” Keyano College Lecture Series
“About Art and Soul” Yukon Arts Centre Public talk
“About Art and Soul” Gronlandske Landsbibliotek public talk
"About Art and Soul"
1987
"Sense of Content in Painting" to The Arts Section of the
Converging Realities Conference at Princeton.
ARTIST IN
RESIDENCE:
1999 Landegg
International University, Switzerland
1995 Aarhus
Kunst Acadami, Denmark
1994 National
Art School of Greenland (also 1993, 1992, 1991,)
1993 Norman
McKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
1993 Yukon Arts
Centre
1992 Winnipeg,
Art Gallery
1987 Norman
McKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan.
EMPLOYMENT
HISTORY:
1990-03 FACULTY
OF ART - Teaching and collaboration in the development of a visual art
program for Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta. From 1993 until 1999
this included being the Director of the Boreal Forest Institute of
Indigenous Arts.
1993 –99
DIRECTOR OF THE BOREAL FOREST INSTITUTE OF INDIGENOUS ARTS Contract with
Established First Nations Artists to provide a series of two-week periods
of instruction to First Nations Art students.
1994-02 BERTEIG
ART AND INDUSTRY Manage and contract with industry for site
beautification, art leases, and installations for the workplace. Maintain
a working studio in Fort McMurray.
1985- 90 STUDIO
ARTIST Self-employed as an artist in Saskatoon. Establish a co-operative
studio that is still active.
1984-85 MEDIA
SPECIALIST - DIRECTED video series “Thursday’s Child” in the
Department for the Education of Exceptional Children, University of
Saskatchewan. As the director I interpreted and managed all production
values and budgets.
1976-85
ADMINISTRATOR GRADE Vl - INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND MEDIA SPECIALIST
Division of Audio Visual Services, University of Saskatchewan. I managed
all aspects of media production; creative, technical, budget and
administration.
1984 TELEVISION
DIRECTOR Directed a series of eight, one-hour interactive television
programs titled "Mondays, Marbles, and Chalk" for the Department
for the Education of Exceptional Children, University of Saskatchewan.
Consultation, budgeting, and administration of all production values.
1981-82 MEDIA
SPECIALIST. Government of Saskatchewan and the Co-operative College of
Canada, Saskatoon. Seconded from the University of Saskatchewan for a
period of 14 months as a media expert and producer for the Information
Delivery Project.
1974-75
RESEARCHER & PRODUCER Talens C.A.C. Ltd. Art Department, University of
Saskatchewan. Developed a Visual Bank related to concerns and developments
in the studio programs of the Art Department.
1972-74
MARKETING REPRESENTATIVE Talens C.A.C. Ltd. St. Lambert, P.Q. My job was
to deliver workshops to groups of teachers and art clubs throughout Canada
on various art materials and their applications.
1972-81
FREELANCE BROADCASTER Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Contributed on a
free-lance basis to CBC Radio-This Country in the Morning and to CBC TV
– Ninety Minutes Live
1971-72 PROGRAM
DESIGNER Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre. Prepared two slide shows on
pregnancy and the development of the foetus. Also produced six videotapes
on Family Therapy for the Department of Psychiatry. This material was used
for seminars and conferences.
1970-71
FREELANCE BROADCASTER CBC
Radio, Toronto. Worked on a freelance basis and produced programs for
Ideas, Concern and Sunday Supplement. I also worked with Alex Frame on the
proposal for CBC Radio II.
PROFESSIONAL
and COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
2002 Portrait
in THE PERFECT DIVORCE a documentary video broadcast by Global Network
2002 Appointed
to chair visual arts committee for the 2004 Arctic Winter Games
2001 Co-founder
of OOMIND.COM a revolutionary grassroots online open educational system.
1999 Receive
Professional Development leave of six months to write ”The Fashioner”
1997-98
Appointed to the Presidents Task Force on Distance Delivery for Keyano
College
1997 Elected as
Faculty Representative to Board of Governors of Keyano College
1997 Appointed
Affiliate Professor to the Landegg International University, Switzerland
1994-01
Establish and manage Berteig Art and Industry
1994-02 Elected
to the Regional Baha’i Council of Alberta
1993-99
Establish and direct the Boreal Forest Institute of Indigenous Arts
1993-94
Establish the first art classes for First Nations students in Fort
Chipewyan.
1993-98
Establish and manage the Keyano/Suncor Art Lease Program
1993 Appointed
to the Instructional Technology Sub-committee (academics) in Keyano
College
1993 Re-elected
to the Nistawoyou Friendship Centre Board of Directors
1987 Appointed
to the Provincial Steering Committee - Native Friendship Centres in
Alberta
1993- 01
Establish and manage the first co-operative artist’s studio in Fort
McMurray, Alberta.
1992 Appointed
to the Instructional Technology Committee in Keyano College (College Wide)
1992 Elected by
Faculty to the Ethics Committee in Keyano College
1992 Elected to
the Nistawoyou Friendship Centre Board of Directors
1991 Attend
NeXT Computer Developers Training in San Francisco - registered as a NeXT
Developer
1991 Elected to
the Academic Council at Keyano College
1987-90
Adjudicator for O.S.A.C. (Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils)
1985-87
Appointment to Canada Council Explorations Jury
1977-90 Develop
and maintain a co-operative artist studio in Saskatoon
LIST OF SOLO
EXHIBITIONS:
2002 Keyano
College Faculty Exhibition, November 2002 , Paintings
2002 Svalborg
Norway, October 2002, Paintings
2000 Keyano
College Faculty – Paintings – Inside Out (a retrospective of works on
paper)
1999 Landegg
International University, Switzerland, - Paintings
1997 Keyano
College Faculty - Paintings
1995 Ridehuset, Aarhus, Denmark. FnsTopmode om Social Udvkling - Paintings
1994 National
Museum of Greenland - Paintings
1993 Yukon Arts
Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon - Paintings
1990 Kunstudstilling, Nuuk, Greenland - Paintings
1989 Gordon
Snelgrove Gallery, University of Saskatchewan - Paintings
1989 National
Exhibition Centre, Swift Current, Saskatchewan. - Paintings and Sculpture.
1988 Bonnie
Kagan Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. - Paintings and Sculpture.
1988 Francis
Morrison Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. - Paintings and Sculpture.
1987 Moose Jaw
Art Gallery, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. - Paintings.
1987 Norman
McKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Saskatchewan. - Paintings.
1986-87 Artists
with their work. Circulated by Norman McKenzie Art Gallery - Paintings
1984 Hett
Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta. - Paintings.
1980
College of New Caledonia, Prince George, British Columbia.
Paintings and sculptural objects.
1977 Yorkton
Art Centre, Yorkton, Saskatchewan. - Xerox.
1976 Mendel Art
Gallery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, “Image/Image” - Video
LIST OF TWO
PERSON EXHIBITIONS:
1993-95
"Spirit
Hosts Join the Elements" Video/collaboration with Jessie Kleeman
"The
FLYING KAYAK an Exhibition of Contemporary Greenlandic Art"
1. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART BRANDTS KLEEDE FABRIK,ODENSE, DENMARK.
2. The NORDIC ARTS CENTRE, SVEABORG, HELSINKI, FINLAND Mar.94 to June 94.
3. THE HENIE-ONSTAD MUSEUM OF ART, OSLO, NORWAY June 20/94 - Aug.94
4. MILLESGARDEN, ARTSMUSEUM, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN Oct - Dec 1994
1987
Virginia
Christopher Gallery, Calgary, Alberta. - Paintings
1987
Bonnie Kagan
Gallery, Toronto, Ontario. - Paintings.
AWARDS &
GRANTS:
2001 Keyano
College PD to research Mediums at Golden Artists Colours, New York State
1999 Keyano
College PD to Attend “STORY”- screen writing by Robert McKee.
1999 Canada
Council Travel grant to Switzerland.
1993 Keyano
College PD to the Matisse Exhibition, NYC.
1991 Norman
McKenzie Art Gallery, Honoured Artists.
1990 Canada
Council Explorations for Plato's Shadows.
1990 Travel
grants to Greenland, awards from Greenland Home Rule Government, and
Saskatchewan Arts Board.
1987-89
Graduate studies scholarship, U.of S. Saskatoon, Sask.
1988 Joan
Kershaw Publications Award, 'Thursday's Child'. Video.
1986 Joan
Kershaw Publications Award, 'Mondays, Marbles and Chalk'. Video.
1985 AMTEC
Award of Excellence. 'Mondays, Marbles and Chalk'. Video.
1984
Saskatchewan Arts Board materials grant.
1982
Saskatchewan Arts Board materials grant.
1981 Golden
Sheaf Award. 'Shift'. Spontaneous Human Category. Yorkton International
Short Film and Video Festival. Yorkton, Saskatchewan.
1981 AMTEC
Award of Excellence. 'Shift'. Video.
1978
Saskatchewan Arts Board travel assistance to Japan.
1978 Canada
Council travel grant to Japan.
1977 Canada
Council Project grant.
1977 External
Affairs, Cultural Affairs Division, travel to New York City.
1977
Saskatchewan Arts Board travel assistance to New York.
1977 Canada
Council travel grant to Barcelona, Spain.
1975
Saskatchewan Arts Board materials grant - video.
1968
Saskatchewan Arts Board materials grant - painting.
1966
Saskatchewan Arts Board materials grant-sculpture
PUBLIC AND
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Alberta Foundation of the Arts Canadian Pacific, Calgary, AB
Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Suncor/Keyano Permanent Collection
Landegg International University
Golden Artist Colors, NY
Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
L. Roberts Inc., Fort McMurray,
Kunst Circle Two, Nuuk, Greenland Takanna Inc., Nuuk, Greenland
Tskiji University, Japan United Oil and Gas, Calgary, Alberta
Sask. Securities Commission, Regina, Sask.
Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton , AB
Financial Trust Company, Toronto, Ont.
Peelco Industries, Toronto, Ont.
Central Guaranty Trust, Toronto, Ont.
Central Capital Corporation, Toronto, Ont.
Saskatchewan Arts Board, Regina, Sask.
Toronto Dominion Bank, Toronto, Ont.
National Film Board Stills Division, Ottawa, Ont.
Norman McKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, Sask.
City of Regina, Sask.
Canada Xerox, Calgary, Alberta
University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Sask.
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon, Sask.
Saskatoon Public School Board, Saskatoon, Sask.
National Art School of Greenland, Nuuk, Greenland
Greenland Home Rule Government, Nuuk, Greenland
Baha'i International Office at the UN, New York, NY
Richmond Nychuk, Regina, Sask.
